Senior Civil Engineer

About the role

This Civil Engineer serves as a Discipline Lead, providing engineering leadership and management across cross-discipline teams on a wide range of industrial and utility projects. The role oversees departmental project aspects including resources, work scope, schedules, and budgets. Typical work scopes include site planning, land development, and underground utility design for water, stormwater, and wastewater systems from conceptual design through construction. Projects range from smaller, single-discipline assignments such as utility extensions and minor roadways to large, complex, multi-discipline infrastructure, building, and site improvement projects.

Responsibilities

• Collect and prepare engineering data and information, and perform detailed design and calculations with support from a licensed professional engineering manager.
• Develop comprehensive technical specifications and detailed work scopes for civil engineering projects.
• Assist with and provide leadership for field work related to design development and problem-solving activities.
• Support collaboration and coordination for Owner, Vendor, and Contractor submittals, and communicate effectively with Owner representatives, Contractors, and other project stakeholders to ensure successful project execution.
• Interact with other internal departments and external suppliers to obtain necessary technical and project information.
• Serve as the Discipline Lead on complex, multi-discipline projects by estimating work hours, developing scopes of work, making staffing recommendations, and checking drawings for quality and accuracy.
• Self-perform and collaborate with others using software and design tools to produce engineering deliverables that comply with accepted engineering principles, company standards, and customer contract specifications.
• Apply value engineering principles to develop designs that meet client requirements for operability, reliability, maintainability, and safety.
• Design industry rail access and yard track layouts when required by the project.
• Prepare permit applications and supporting documentation for review agency permitting processes.
• Coordinate work activities with the broader project team to maintain alignment on scope, schedule, and deliverables.
• Coordinate and direct survey services performed by external providers or internal teams.
• Prepare clear and professional exhibits for client or public presentations, including plans, diagrams, and supporting visuals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.
• Minimum of Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification, with Professional Engineer (PE) licensure strongly preferred.
• At least 5 years of experience planning and designing civil engineering plans, including site grading, land development, water and wastewater systems, and underground utility layouts.
• At least 5 years of experience creating engineering plans, specifications, exhibits, scopes of work, and design calculations.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD Civil 3D, including use for land development, site planning, grading, drainage, and utility design.
• Experience using Civil 3D with Building Information Modeling (BIM) capabilities.
• Proficiency with BIM modeling software such as Revit.
• Ability to lead discipline-specific efforts on multi-discipline projects, including estimating hours, defining scope, and reviewing drawings.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills for working with owners, vendors, contractors, and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to perform detailed engineering calculations and prepare technical documentation in accordance with engineering standards and client specifications.
• Experience with industrial projects from the ground up, including large-scale site development and infrastructure.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $44.00 - $61.00/hr.

Benefits

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Schedule

This is a Contract to Hire, hybrid position based in Cleveland, OH.